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Friday, December 28, 2012

China Internet identification idea not so bad!

Dear Readers;

I hate to say it, but I sort of agree with Chinese authorities that
people on the Internet should be obligated to provide their real name
when they are doing stuff!
It would not hinder your FREEDOM OF SPEECH, you could still do and
say whatever you wanted, you just have to let people know who you are,
and what you’re all about!
Now before we hear howls of protest, let me explain!
In the U.S., for example, freedoms have already been curtailed to a
greater extent than this by the NSA, Homeland Security, The FBI and God
only knows who else!
Giving your name on the Internet is rather mild compared to what is
going on there …………………., and the loss of anonymity might not be such a
bad thing after all kids.First of all, it would guarantee that you are willing to stand behind your convictions.Second, AND MOST IMPORTANT, it would immediately cut out 90% of the scams and porn and spam that infests the Internet today!
All in all, I would say that providing your real name would be the lesser of the two evils!
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China has tightened its rules on internet usage to enforce a previous
requirement that users fully identify themselves to service providers.
The move is part of a package of measures which state-run Xinhua news agency said would protect personal information.
But critics believe the government is trying to limit freedom of speech.The announcement will be seen as evidence China’s new leadership views the internet as a threat.
The Chinese authorities closely monitor internet content that crosses
its borders and regularly block sensitive stories through use of what
is known as the Great Firewall of China.
However, it has not stopped hundreds of millions of Chinese using the
internet, many of them using micro-blogging sites to expose, debate and
campaign on issues of national interest.
In recent months, the internet and social media have been used to
orchestrate mass protests and a number of corrupt Communist Party
officials have been exposed by individuals posting criticisms on the
internet.

Internet v officialdom

Shaanxi official Yang Daca sacked after internet campaign exposed
his many expensive watches, deemed unaffordable on a provincial
official’s salary

District-level Party boss Lei Zhengfu sacked after a video clip of
him having sex with an 18-year-old girl appears on the internet

The new measures come a month after a new leadership, led by Xi Jinping, was installed by the ruling Communist Party.

The new man in charge of the internet, Liu Qibao, has a reputation
for taking a hard line on media control. He recently called for “more
research on how to strengthen the construction, operation and management
of the Internet and promote mainstream online themes”.
‘Safeguards’The new measures now formally require anyone signing agreements to
access the internet, fixed-line telephone and mobile devices to provide
network service operators with “genuine identification information”,
known as real-name registration, Xinhua reports.
Real-name registration was supposed to be have been implemented in 2011 but was not widely enforced.
China’s biggest internet firm, Sina Corp, warned earlier this year in
a public document that such a move would “severely reduce” traffic to
its hugely-successful micro-blogging site Weibo, China’s equivalent to
Twitter with more than 300 million users.
Under
the new rules, network service providers will also be required to
“instantly stop the transmission of illegal information once it is
spotted” by deleting the posts and saving the records “before reporting
to supervisory authorities”.The measures are designed to “ensure internet information security,
safeguard the lawful rights and interests of citizens… and safeguard
national security and social public interests”, and were approved by
China’s top legislature at the closing session of a five-day meeting on
Friday, Xinhua reports.
The calls for tighter controls of the internet have been led by state
media, which said that rumours spread on the web could harm the public
and sow chaos and confusion.
The government has said officially that it welcomes the exposure of
official abuses, but a new generation of ever bolder bloggers and
commentators pose a threat that the leadership seems determined to
counter, the BBC’s Charles Scanlon reports.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20857480#